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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-02
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
An Increase of About 81 800 900 During the
Month of November.

An Increase of About 81 800 900 During the
Month of November.
WASHINGTON Dec 1.-The debt statement
Issued from the Treasury Department. to-day
shows increase during the month OF Novem-
Der in the public debt OF 81, 400, $50. The unu
sual occurrence-an increase in the public debt
lis attributed to the unusually large pension
payments during November. agersgating, as
they did, $18, 287. $50. In November. 1886, the
pension payments amounted to but $12 500, 900.
The net cash balance in the Treasury to-day is
s55, 258, 701. against $50 1913, 704 Nov. 1.
The gold coin aud bullion balance to-day is $211.-
$50. SIS. an increase of 100000 during the
month. The silver coin and bullion balance
has decreased about sc, 500. 600 since Nov
]. The store of silver dollars has increased
about 81. 700. 900 during the month, and now
amounts to $215, 49,, 443. Government receipts
for November aggregated $29, 12S.567 The re-
ceipts from customs were SIS, TAP, 354, from in
ternal revenue, SO. $780, 07, and from mscel-
laneous sources S. sos. 406, against $15, I4O 645
SO. 689, 251, and So, TAG 205, respectively. from
these three sources in November. 1886 The
total expenditures of the month were $23, 37S,-
381, or nearly three millions more than in No
vember 1856
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circulation be hereafter charged only the
amount issued upon bonds deposited IN
excess of the minimum amount
above. He also recommends shat the
national bank notes be counted as a part
of the lawful reserve of banks The existing
provisions of Law as to the responsibility of off,
GERS and directors of banks are modified so as TO
avoid heretofore existing obstacles to their
prompt and certain enforcement. The restric-
fion upon banks as to making loans in excess of
10 per cent of capital to any one party is modi-
fed in respect TO loans upon collateral security.
and the total limit Is raised to 20 per cent
of capital and surplus. The provision to
serve upon deposits is modified 80 as not to
include governments deposits in the amount
upon which reserve is to be held. The pro-
vision az to State taxation of national banks is
also modified. The proposed code has been
transmitted to every Senator and Representa-
tive, with a codiication of all existing laws on
the subject, arranged in sections parallel with
those of the proposed code and accompanied by
a letter explaining each of the more important
changes, and giving the reason therefor.
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A Trick in Rifle Shooting.


mo. sir. do not claim to be an expert at
fancy shooting" said Capt. Jack Crawford, in
answer to the writer's inquiry. There is too
much trickery--a sort of sleight-of hand bust
connected with it. 1 do pretend to be
crack shot, and to excel in accuracy and rapidity
with Winchester rifle The Winchester Arms
Company have offered repeatedly to back me for
So, 600 against any in the world in that sort
of skill have fired twelve shots in three and
one-haf seconds But here let me enlighten
you as to one of the neat little tricks used in
fancy shots Here the scout produced what
appeared to be, as he held it at a distance. a
brass shell tipped with leaden ball. 'Looks
like a bullet, don't itF he said, with laugh
well, it isn't. 1t is simply papier-mache pro-
tuberance appropriately colored to look like
lead Now I'll show you what's behind it
Picking open the end he disclosed to view
quantity of shot-about two hundred. he said,
were in the shell, with just enough powder at
the butt to do the work. How are these used7
You have probably witnessed the feat of crack
ing glass balls thrown in the all by shooting at
them with a Winchester. and while riding a
horse going at gallop. Well. that's the kind of
ball cartride that is used. and the spectators
look on with wonder and admiration, supposng
that it is done with a single ball; and that is
something, my boy. that no man in the world
has ever done or will do. because it is physical
mpossibility"
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Shrlnkage of Corn.

Professor Scovle of Kansas has been expert
menting to ascertain the shrinkage of corn after
it is ripe and placed in the crib. reports of his
tests are given in the Kansas City Indicator,
from which we learn that six different varieties
weighed Oct. g. and stored in q room withour
any artificial heat, showed an average shrinkage
of Isl per cent thirty days after storage One
variety showed little over s per cent, while
g. AS days from the date of gathering the lot
was weighed and the average loss the whole
amounted TO 81 % per cent. and in one variety,
called the Mammoth. the loss exactly one
third. or 33 1-3 per cent From tho above the
farmer may make q very close calculation to
the advance in price of corn. which he must OBJ
tain In spring to make it equal to the loss sus-
tanned in shrinkage during the winter.
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To make oyster salad drain the liquor from
quart of oysterssand cut them into dice. Cut
the white part of one bunch of celery into pieces
of similar size. Beat two eggs light and add
teaspoonful of powdered sugar, then whip in
great spoonful of salad oil, until it is light
cream. Rub the yolks of two hard boiled eggs
to powder; mix with them small teaspoonful
each of salt. pepper and made mustard Then
beat these with the whipped yolks and oil. and
add half cupful of vinegar two three drops
at time, and whip lightly for two or three
minutes. Mix the celery and oysters together;
pour half of the dressing over them; toss up
with a silver fork, and pour the rest over them.
and set ice till served. which should be as
soon as possible.
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THE FIRE RECORD.

The Loss by the strobridce Fire Now Esti-
mated at 100000 to 100000.
CINcINNATI, Dec AT 1:30 this morning a
general alarm sounded, and called the entire fire
department. TO the Strobridge Lithoeraphing
Company's great building on the northeast cor
ner of Elm and Canal The flames devoured
the entire building. and in less than forty
minutes the walls fell in. The loss is total. and
will probably be not less than $3.50 600, but by
some it is estimated as high as half million.
Strobridge & Co. have insurance of $50, 900 in
forty companies. The fire started in the second
story. but no one knows how. There is bare
suspicion of incsndiarism. The Strobridee
company have an Office in New York and
one IN London. England. but their
work is done here. The building was
fine structure, Eve stories in height and 'front.'
ing over hundred feet on the north side of the
canal 1t was filed with costly machinery in
GLIDING fifteen Autograph presses Its stock Of
paper and of finished and partly finished work
was very large, estimated to be 800, 900. Most
of the winter work for theatrical companies was
finished, but a large portion was still in the
building. and number of theatrical companies
will be without material to properly bill their
plays Among those suffering in this way are
Charles A. Hoyt's three companies. "The Tin
michael Strogoff" Kiralfy's Aladdin Mont
gomery Phisters ''Soap Bubble" and Fore
raueh's and Barnum's circuses. The work for
the latter, however had not advanced very far
Tbs scene during the fire startling. The
height of the building. the combustibility of its
contents, and the substantial style of its struct
IRE served to make the fire fierce but cornpara-
lively slow. II burned floor after floor. and the
falling of the heavy photographic stones gave
sounds like the discharge of a battery. Later
the falling of the walls sent sheets of flame and
showers of sparks high into the air During
this part of the catastrophe fireman, John
Shuier who was a ladder thirty-fve feet
from the ground missed his footing and fell to
the ground. He was taken to the hos
pital with injuries that may prove fatal.
The business is probably the largest of
its kind in the world One hundred and twen-
ty five men were employed. MIR Hines Strobridge,
president of the company says he thought the
building was fire proof, and ia astonshed that it
should go it did. Within the building, as
tenants, were James Barclay, job printer. and
the Halstead Stocking Company. Their loss will
be about $4,000 each. The best estimate that
can be made of the total loss is about $500, 000
on which the insurance is $50, 900. but tho loss
on business during the time of enforced idlsness
cannot be accurately estimated. The building |
may be regarded rs a total loss The portions OF |
the walls left standing worthless. The fire |
is still burning slowly at 10 A. NJ. and engines |
are throwing water on it.
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A Vain Hunt for Office.

Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal
WASHINGTON, Dec 1.-The new Senators have
broue ht army of mon who want positions at
the Capitol. 1t is said that one of the new men
from the East has already here seven men who
have been soldiers, and who expect to be placed
somewhere on the Senate rolls Another man
from the West brought five offce-ssekers with
him. The impression seems to prevail that
there is to be a reorganization of the Senate
and a new corps of employees supplied. This is
altogether mistake. There are no vacancies
In the Senate, am informed by the Sergeant
arms, and those now on the rolls in nearly
every instance men who are kept there by nfu-
ence now in the Senate, and many of them are
ex Union soldiers who wounded in the
service 1t begins TO look as if some gentlemen
would be embarrassed by promises made a
surplus of expectation on the part of uninformed
rnr ifua
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-02

meteorological Summary for November.
Following Is q summary of the meteorological
events at Indianapolis during the month Of
November, 1887:
Mean barometer, 80. co. highest. 80 76, Both !;
lowest, 29. 46, 18th; monthly range, 130
Mean temperature. 40.5; highest 73, 5, the
Sd; lowest 8 8, on the 2Sth monthly range, So z;
greatest daily range, AZ, the 9th; least daily
range, 5.3, the 23d; mean daily range 200
Mean temperature for this month in 1871,
38 g. 1872 354; 1873 80; 1874. 421; 1875.
40 0; 1876 Al l; 1877. 40 g. 1873 A 9; 1872 As 5;
1880, 81 2: 1881 d. s; 1882, 49, 3; 1888 45 o. 1884
IL. 8. 1885. Al 9; 1885, 1913; 1887, 405
Mean daily dow point. &c. l.. mean daily rela-
tive humidity. Co., 1s7
Prevailing direction of wind, A. NJ. and 10
P. NJ. south; total movement, f. 458 miles: high
velocity of wind, direction and date. 80
miles. northwest. on the 9th.
Snowfall, two days. 2 s inches; unmslted on
ground at end of month Q. 6 inch.
Total precipitation, II inches; number Of
days on which .01 inch moro of precipitation
fell, 8; total precipitation lin inches and hun
dredthsl for this month in 1871, 3.52: 1872,
O80; 1873. 46: 1874. a. 80; 1875. o.; 1876, 26:
1877 81; 1873. 2 81: 1879, 81; 1880. SO: 1881,
9.35; 1882 so; 1883, 80; 1854, Lao; 1885, All;
1886, 3. 81; 1887, 3.7I
Number of clear days. Is: fair days, IL cloudy
days. ;; frost flIeht), I'd, 18th. 18th. 18th; kill
ing 18th, 28th, 29th.
c. F. R. WAPPENHANs, Observer.
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Other Fires.

NEW YORK, Dec 1-Fire in q tenement-house
at No. 345 West Forty-third street, early this
morning. caused panic among its inmates.
All escaped unnjured except Joseph Jacobs,
aged i've, who was burned to death. The dam
age to the building will amount to 800, 900.
DULUTH, Mimi, Dec. lire early this
morning in the Metropolitan Block damaged the
building slightly while water damaged the dry
goods stock of !. FreiInuth to the extent Of
nearly $40, 900, and contents of law and other
offices nearly 50. 000 The Duluth Press Club
rooms were flooded. The losses are covered by
insurance. cave plans of E. Humble, architect
which are valued at 81. 600. Freimuth had $24,-
900 insurance on his stock.
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

telegram from Paris Tex, reports the kill
ing of Clark and Moses Harrison, brothers, who
were chopping wood near there. Two negroes
have been arrested on suspicion.
William Ralph Lee. of Chicago who shot his
step father. banker Rawson, was again brought
into court yesterday He waived a hearing
Jail.
The missionary society of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church yesterday bought the property at
Fifth avenue and Nineteenth street, New York
for S87 00O and the Methodist Book Concern
bought the property at 152 Fifth avenue for
1925, 900.
The new stoclkyards at st. Joseph Mo-, COM
prising 40 acres and ample pens for all kinds of
represent outlay of ST, OO0, 900, and are com
plete in every particular. The water supply
and drainage system are perfect
A Bonham. Tex, dispatch reports the brutal
and unprovoked killing of Charles Mosely and
unknown man, both colored. in the Indian
Territory, just across the river from Tulip
Tex, several days ago. VIM. Dunnegan and
two cotton pickers have been arrested on sus-
picion.
Harrison Tut negro fifty years old. and
bearing good reputation, was shot dead at
Wyandotte. Kan, yesterday, by Edwin E.
Weldon, white teamster. Weldon came from
Indian Territory, where he was cowboy. and
he has bad reputation. The murderer was ar
rested.
Dan Swigert. of Lexington, KY. proprietor
of Elmendorf stud, yesterday purchased from
600. fremont is by Virgil, dam Anne Fife, by
Alarm. This is the largest price ever paid in
this country for any home bred THOROUGHBRED
for stud purposes.
Alexander Taylor, a driver of one of the New
York mail wagons, was arrested yesterday for
wholesale robbery of the mails. In one batch
he secured drafts for S20ll, 5000 and 1925. re-
spectively. One letter contained thirteen drafts
from downtown bank. He confessed his
guilt and was held for examination. He had
been in this country only six weeks, and had
been driving the wagon three weeks.
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Doctor Parker Exonsrated

BROOKLYN, n. Y. Dec. AT a special meet
ing of the Beecher statue fund committee To-
night resolutions were passed generating Dr.
Parker from the charge Of having improperly
received any payment for his suloey upon Mr..
Beecher, and declaring that the rnisunderstand-
ing about the affair the result Of conflicting
cableerams. The resolutions characterize DIR.
Parker as a most honorable. Christian esntle-
man. 1t is understood that DR.. Parker will &C.
cupy Plymouth Church pulpit next Sunday.
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INDIANA ANDILLINOIS NEWS
The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of
Various Kinds in the Two States.
Important Case on Trial in Huntington
County-EIopers Come to Grief-Fatally
Injured in a Runaway-Gleanings.
INDIANA.

An Important and Complicated Case Which
Has Aroused Great Interest.
Special TO the Indian polls Journal
HUNTINGTON, Dec. 1.-For three days the
Circuit Court has been engaged in trying a most
important and complicated case-the suit of
Huntington county against ex-Treasursr Bea-
ver for an alleged shortage of SIP, 600. Mr..
Beaver was elected treasurer on the Democratic
ticket in 1882 and 1884 In 1878 the then treas
ursr, Daniel Christian talso Democrat), sold
$4,000 worth of grave-road bonds, which he
failed to account for. In 1883 II. G. Black,
county auditor from 1875 to 1883 (aso Demo
orat), discovered the failure of Mr.. Christian to
account for this money, and connived with
Christian and Beaver to the money into
the treasury without publicity. Three fictitious
entries, amounting to $12, 900, were injected into
the financial statement of the county in 1884,
Christian paying over the $12, 600 to Beaver,
and it was believed by the coterie that this
would make the county treasury whole, and no
one would be the wiser regarding the stupen-
dous ''blundsr'' by which Christian had retained
the money for over five years.
Here the matter would have rested, but in
18s6-his last year as treasurer-Mr. Beaver
claims TO have discovered, in making up his
financial statement, that be was the victim of
double charge in the book keeping, BY which he
was over-charged $12, 200. In his settlement Of
that year. he refused to pay over that amount
to his successor. and brought suit in the Cir
cult Court to compel the commissioners to
credit him with an error for $12, 900. Judge
Gould. of Delphi, heard the in the spring,
and decided that there was no srror-that the
$l2, 900 retained belonged to the county Mr.
Beaver refused to accept this verdict final
and the commissioners ordered suit against him
for the amount retained. with penalty and in
terest. The began Monday. Hon.
Joseph Daily. Of Button, occupying the bench,
Judge Sayler dsclinins to hear the case. The jury
was impanelsd Monday. and the evidence
was not csncludsd until Wednesday night A
large number Of witnesses were examined.
among them several expert accountants includ-
ing A. g. Fosdyke. John w. Coons, E. NJ. john
son. and T. K Shepard, Of Indianapolis; James
S. Duret, of Peru. and Mr. Ernest. Of Bluff
ton. together with several of our own citizens
To-day has been entirely occupied by the
argument of opposing counsel, and the case
went TO the jury tonight The interest has
been intense, the developments in the case |
were largely the cause. in 1886. Of tho defeat of
the entire Democrats county ticket. Tho jury
trying the consists of seven Democrats and |
five Republicans.
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General Notes.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WAsHrNGToN, Dec. Assistant Engineer
w. III. P. Creighton, United States navy, has
been ordered to duty rs a professor at Purdue
University at Lafayette.
a marriage license was issued to-day to Frank
Morrison, of indianapolis and Laura E. Lichty
of this city.
The Secretary of the Treasury has appoin ted
William B. O'Rourke assistant inspector of
steam vessels at New York
The Treasury Department to-day received q
large quantity of paper money, which had been
burned almost to cinders il a railroad smash-up
and confiagration. Although to the unexpert
there could scarcely be recognized even frag-
ments of money, the treasury experts expect to
mako out the denominations and estimate the
value
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The Aer,cultural Bureau.

WASHINGTON Dec. 1.-The annual report Of
the Commission of Agriculture states that the
year has been one of prosperity and progress
and the operations of the department success
full. Pleuro- PM umonla has been restricted to
the cattle in SIN aller areas Of territory than at
any previous time in many years, and the con-
tinuation for another year Of tho present meth
DDS of federal and State action should accom-
plish its DETERMINATION. The seed distributions
have accomplished better results than hereto
fore, and the Investigations of food adultera-
tons have been extended.
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Cutsinger Acquitted.

J
COLUMBUS, Dec. Last July fishing party
OF some half dozen pers ons from Ednburg was
encamped White river. near Azalia, in this
county. They brought down from Indianapolis
two prostitutes, named Mclie Howell and Rosa
Shut and the next morning. after the arrival
Of the women, Mollie Howell was found dead in
the river. near the camp Some of the
parties are highly connected, and the affair
created q great sensation. They were
all arrested and indictments found against four
of them. They were arraignsd for trial Nov
81 and the case of Ivory Cutsinger taken up
as they demanded separate trial. It closed
this morning with verdict of acquittal, after
the Jury had wrested with 1t forty-thrs hours
It is generally conceded that the verdict is right,
according to the evidence. but public sentiment
is divided to whether the woman MUIR
dersd. committed suicide. was drowned acct
dentally.
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Found Guilty of Rape.

S1ecfei to the 1ndianapons Journn
GREENsBURG, Dec. 1.-The case Of the State
against Benjamin Ruble charged with rape.
was completed to-day. The defense introduced
a large number OF witnesses to show both that
Ruble was not present when the Gibson girl
was outraged, and also that she a willing
victim. The jury. however. believed the girls
story, and brought verdict of guilty, and
fixed the punishment at six months in jail.
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Indiana Pensions.

WashingtOn Special.
Pensions have been granted the following
named Indaniaus:
Mexican War-Youpg j. Robinson, Ellstts-
vile.
New Pensions-Minors of w. p. Buzan.
WASHINGTON and Sullivan; Darthula Ferguson,
Newton Stewart. II. p. Honsel, DeKalb
G. w. Boughe-. Covington; VIM Rogers,
Grantsburg; VIM. McCutchin, Lexington;
BARTLETT McCay, Madison; j. A. Will
wayns; ". H. Ramsey. Dennine; Anderson
Cook, Birds-eye; Elihu Clampitt Heltonville;
Amos Miller, Churubusco; Chas. Bell. New
Haven; Geo. Literal Columbus: G. P. Cox.
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A Holnely Art.
Housekeeper in Country Gentleman.

Housekeeper IN Country GentIeman.
once knew very wealthy lady who took
neatly. She did not do this from any parsimo-
NOUS motives, as the garments so repaired were
generally given to the poor; but being very
sensible woman, she did not disdain to wear her
own handiwork if she saw fit. have seen her
darn rent in silk dress, or cloth Jacket of
one of her children. so exquisitely that it would
take very sharp eye, indeed. to detect it.
After all, the people in this world who get be-
yond the necessity of patches are extremely few.
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Appe.Iineto the Pres.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. IA committee of the
striking coa-miners from Pottsville to-day
called on the editors of tho leading papers in
this city. and requested them to use their inf1u-
ence toward securing q settlement Of the strike
in the Lehigh region. They were well received,
and the result of their interviews tho COM
mttee will recommend to the miners that a
statement of their case be prepared and fur
nishsd to the press.
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and if one must wear patch do not know Of
anything that gives more satisfaction than a
garment neatly mended. nor anything that looks
worse than patch slovenly applied.
In the first place, it is necessary to have a
piece of goods exactly like the garment to be
mended, and in buying readymade clothes for
small boys, do not forget to ask for a piece of
the cloth. Cut piece of the material quarter
of an inch larger all round than the worn place
to be covered if there are stripes or figures.
match them exactly, and cut accurately by the
thread A crooked patch with unshapely
ners will look badly matter how fine the
stitches with which it is applied Turn in a mar
row fold all round. lay it in place outside the
worn part aud haste on. Fell it neatly and re-
move the hastings Turn the garment on the
wrong side, and cut away the worn part so as to
make an exact square of that also; fell it down
nicely, and when the work is finished lay thin
piece of old muslin over it and press with a
warm IRON, slightly dampening the mended part
first
Mend worn fannels in the same way, but do
not turn in the edges Leave them fiat and
herring-bone them all around Sheets and
table cloths that are too weak to patch must be
darned- There is a soft, fine cotton that comes
for the purpose. Darn half an inch beyond the
worn place, the mended part may break with
the first wash. Use long, fine darner; take
one thread and miss two uniformly. and going
straight across. Leave loop at the end to al.
low for shrinking; turn and go back again.
keeping your stitches line with each other.